Indian country : essays on contemporary native culture / Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valaskakis, Gail Guthrie.

Series:

Aboriginal studies series (Waterloo, Ont.)

Aboriginal studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since first contact, Natives and newcomers have been involved in an increasingly complex struggle over power and identity. Modern ""Indian wars"" are fought over land and treaty rights, artistic appropriation, and academic analysis, while Native communities struggle among themselves over membership, money, and cultural meaning. In cultural and political arenas across North America, Natives enact and newcomers protest issues of traditionalism, sovereignty, and self-determination. In these struggles over domination and resistance, over different ideologies and Indian identities, neither Nati

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Approaching Indian Country; 1 LIVING THE HERITAGE OF LAC DU FLAMBEAU: Traditionalism and Treaty Rights; 2 RIGHTS AND WARRIORS: Media Memories and Oka; 3 POSTCARDS OF MY PAST: Indians and Artifacts; 4 INDIAN COUNTRY: Claiming Land in Native America; 5 SACAJAWEA AND HER SISTERS: Images and Native Women; 6 DANCE ME INSIDE: Pow Wow and Being Indian; 7 DRUMMING THE PAST: Researching Indian Objects; 8 BLOOD BORDERS: Being Indian and Belonging; 9 CONCLUSION: All My Relations; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-282) and index.

ISBN:

9786610280865

9781554588107

1554588103

9781280280863

1280280867

9780889209206

0889209200

9781417599646

1417599642

OCLC:

753479605